On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Martin-?ric Racine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Then why doesn't the package itself depend on that kernel? If it did, apt > > would have prevented the upgrade from ever being attempted at all... > > Inteesting question. One could install a kernel by hand (not as a > package). Thus a runtime test would probably be more suited.
The problem with a runtime test i.e. in the package's pre-install script, is by the time you try it, the libc binaries have already been unpacked and have probably overwritten the older ones. Anyhow, two comments on the situation: 1) making this new lib dependent upon a specific kernel "is a bad thing" (tm). 2) if there really is no other way e.g. because recent bug fixes in the pa-risc kernel branch were performed, then the libc6 package should at least depend on some specific kernel-image version (or newer), to prevent disasters. Besides, this is Debian; we have the kernel-package and people should use it. Therefore, if this new libc6 depends upon specific kernels, it should not be a problem to have the package actually mandate that, by having kernel-image-2.4.19 or newer as a dependency. -- Martin-Éric Racine "Kas sa tahad mind? - Nej!!! Är du en idiot?!!" http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/ Tallinn, Eesti; Espoo, Suomi.